i agree that a wand tends to be faster, but i would definitely try it before comp day! if not i have slept in my curls before which worked for me, and then just had a few touch ups to do in the morning. it depends how your hair holds a curl. if your hair holds curl fine than you should be good
Just got to bed super early and get up as early as you need as long as it wont interfere with how you preform. Dont stress about it or you wont be able to sleep all night. I've had experience.
I remember you posting your hair from Indy and it was big with really tiny curls. If you tease your hair, I recommend teasing before you curl, as it cuts down on the time spent teasing, and reduces the amount of curl you have to do. I would also turn your curling iron onto a higher heat setting so that you can achieve the same look using less time. Bigger sections would also help save time as I saw you used very tiny sections for your curls.
Your hair sounds very similar to mine. I thank the cheer gods at every competition that cp has straight hair. I could not imagine if she had to straighten it only to curl it again, but I know that is what the curly haired folk need to do.
Do y'all really straighten the whole head to recurl it? I think my hair would be fried if I had to do that! I have curly hair and I just straighten the poof and the top of the back poof and curl everything as is.
I have to straighten to recurl it, her curls are not the same as the curls we do!
I have a teammate who has African American hair and until like a month ago she would straighten her hair and recurl it and then she got one of those automatic curling irons. She can curl it right after washing it now with the automatic curling iron. It saves her a ton of time and isn't as damaging to her hair.
We have never had problems getting the hair tangled in the bow.
